Mediating policy-relevant evidence at speed: Are systematic reviews of systematic reviews a useful approach?

Evidence and Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 81-97

  Caird, Jenny ^a   Sutcliffe, Katy ^a   Kwan, Irene ^a   Dickson, Kelly ^a   Thomas, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence based policy; Research methods; Research synthesis; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922901369     PISSN: 17442648     EISSN: 17442656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/174426514X13988609036850     Document Type: Review

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